We reached new milestones in the 2011 financial year with our key fundraising, human rights campaigning and awareness raising activities.


Financial Report 2011

Take a look through the financial report here or download the document (PDF 1.6Mb).

Our priority focus areas include:

  • Empowering people living in poverty
  • Defending vulnerable people on the move
  • Defending people from violence by state and non-state actors
  • Protecting freedom of expression and freedom from discrimination
  • Promoting human rights to propose and create solutions for governments
  • Promoting active participation by our members and supporters
  • Investing in volunteers, staff, leadership and systems
  • Increasing our donors and growing our resources

See 10 things we achieved together in 2011.

2011 milestones

  • An end to the Malaysia Deal
    When the government announced the Malaysia Deal, it was our crucial research that revealed the abuse asylum seekers could potentially suffer. Faced with a huge public outcry - and a High Court decision which ruled the deal was illegal - the government had no choice but to scrap the Malaysia Deal.
  • 165,000 call for accountability in Syria
    When the situation in Syria began to deteriorate in March, over 165,000 Amnesty supporters signed a petition calling on the UN Security Council to refer Syria to the ICC for possible crimes against humanity. This call has since been echoed by Kevin Rudd on behalf of the Australian government.
  • Fighting for traditional Aboriginal homelands
    We worked with Aboriginal communities to fight for their right to remain on their traditional homelands. Seeing Alyawarr/Anmatyerr elder Rosalie Kunoth-Monks deliver a fiery speech at Parliament house was an incredible moment. Your support was equally moving, with thousands of letters, signatures and phonecalls made to demand an end to this injustice.
  • A Taste of Freedom
    Amnesty International turned 50. It's incredible to realise that from our start in a small London office in 1961, today we're part of a global movement of over 3 million people across 150 countries. On our 50th anniversary, thousands of supporters across the world raised a glass to celebrate our special day.

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Our goals for 2012

Looking forward to 2012, our goals are to:

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